A solid-state electrolyte includes a lithium salt, a lithium ion-conducting inorganic material, a polymer, and a coupling agent. The coupling agent bonds the lithium ion-conducting inorganic material to the polymer.

The method of producing lithium titanate anode material for lithium ion battery applications is comprising of: a) mixing of mixed phase having 60-80% anatase and 20-40% rutile of TiO.sub.2 as titanium precursor with Li.sub.2CO.sub.3 as lithium precursor in a stoichiometric ratio of 5:4 and adding with 2 to 5% stearic acid as process control agent as well as carbon precursor; b) milling in horizontal attrition milling unit maintained with the ball to powder ratio of 10:1-12:1 at 250-500 rpm for 0.5 to 2 hrs c) repeating the milling for 40 to 48 times; d) palletisation of the milled powder to a diameter of 30-35 mm under a pressure of 0.5-1 ton; e) annealing under inert atmosphere at a temperature of 700-900° C. for a period of 2-12 hrs; and f) grinding the resultant annealed composite powder to a fine powder. Resultant powder has shown excellent electrochemical properties in terms of charge-discharge, cyclic-stability and rate capability.

An alkali metal titanate includes an alkali metal titanate phase and a composite oxide containing Al, Si and Na, wherein a percentage of a ratio of the number of moles of Na to a total number of moles of Na and alkali metal X other than Na, ((Na/(Na+X))100), is 50 to 100 mol %, and a percentage of a ratio of a total content of Si and Al to a content of Ti, (((Si+Al)/Ti)100), is 0.3 to 10 mass %. According to the disclosure, an alkali metal titanate having a small content of a compound having a shorter diameter d of 3 m or less, a longer diameter L of 5 m or more and an aspect ratio (L/d) of 3 or more can be provided.

According to one embodiment, an electrode is provided. The electrode includes an active material-containing layer which contains an active material. The active material includes a plurality of primary particles containing a niobium-titanium composite oxide. The average crystallite diameter of the plurality of primary particles is 90 nm or more. The average particle size (D50) of the plurality of primary particles is in a range of 0.1 m to 5 m. The average value (FU.sub.ave) of the roughness shape coefficient (FU) according to Formula (1) below is less than 0.70 in 100 primary particles among the plurality of primary particles. $\begin{array}{cc}\left[\mathrm{Formula}1\right]& \\ \mathrm{FU}=\frac{f}{f_c}=\frac{4a}{{}^2}& \left(1\right)\end{array}$

The present disclosure relates to a modified ternary and lithium manganese iron phosphate composite material and a preparation method and an application thereof. The material includes a modified ternary material and a modified lithium manganese iron phosphate material that are composite; wherein the modified ternary material includes a ternary material, a ternary material double-layer cladding layer, and ternary material doped metal ions; the ternary material double-layer cladding layer includes a ternary material metal oxide layer and a ternary material cationic cladding layer; the modified lithium manganese iron phosphate material includes a lithium manganese iron phosphate material, a lithium manganese iron phosphate double-layer cladding layer, and lithium manganese iron phosphate doped metal ions; the lithium manganese iron phosphate double-layer cladding layer includes a lithium manganese iron phosphate metal oxide layer and a lithium manganese iron phosphate cationic cladding layer.

The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same.

A preparation method of a nanotube hierarchically structured lithium titanate includes the steps of: S1. dispersing a titanium source into an aqueous solution containing lithium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide and stirring to obtain a mixed solution; S2. subjecting the mixed solution obtained in step S1 to a reaction by heating to obtain a precursor having a nanowire-like structure; S3. subjecting the precursor having a nanowire-like structure obtained in step S2 to separation and drying; S4. subjecting the precursor having a nanowire-like structure after separation and drying to a low-temperature annealing treatment; S5. subjecting the precursor having a nanowire-like structure after the low-temperature annealing treatment to a liquid thermal reaction to obtain the nanotube hierarchically structured lithium titanate. The method includes a simple process and easily controllable process parameters, and may be easily scaled-up for industrial production.

A lithium titanium composite oxide including aluminum-coated primary particles and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. A lithium titanium composite oxide including aluminum-coated primary particles according to an embodiment is manufactured by coating lithium titanium oxide primary particles with aluminum by mixing an aluminum compound with re-pulverized particles and then by spray-drying the mixture again to prepare secondary particles. A battery including the lithium titanium composite oxide including the aluminum-coated primary particles exhibits effects of suppressing electrolyte decomposition and gas generation that may be respectively caused by titanium ions and residual lithium in conventional lithium titanium composite oxides.

According to one embodiment, a solid electrolyte includes a sintered body of ceramic grains. The sintered body includes a crystal plane having an ion conducting path. The crystal plane is oriented in a direction which intersects at least one surface of the solid electrolyte.

Synthesis process for new particles of Li.sub.4Ti.sub.5O.sub.12, Li.sub.(4-)Z.sub.Ti.sub.5O.sub.12 or Li.sub.4Z.sub.Ti.sub.(5-)O.sub.12, preferably having a spinel structure, wherein is greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.5 (preferably having a spinel structure), representing a number greater than zero and less than or equal to 0.33, Z representing a source of at least one metal, preferably chosen from the group made up of Mg, Nb, Al, Zr, Ni, Co. These particles coated with a layer of carbon notably exhibit electrochemical properties that are particularly interesting as components of anodes and/or cathodes in electrochemical generators.